CSS Design: The Ubiquitous Three Column Layout

Remove all the frustration that table-based column layouts cause such as deep nests and the need to use spacer GIFs. You'll reduce page weight, increase portability, improve accessibility, and maximize your workflow by using this pure 3 column CSS layout design. Along the way, you'll learn a bit about descendant selectors, you'll order DIVs to make the document more readable in those browsers with partial or no CSS support, and tap into list styles to create an elegant navigation scheme.

Coined "one of the greatest digerati" and deemed one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women on the Web, there is little doubt that in the world of Web design and development, Molly E. Holzschlag is one of the most vibrant and influential people around. With over 25 Web development book titles to her credit, Molly currently serves as Communications Director for the World Organization of Webmasters.

As a steering committee member for the Web Standards Project (WaSP), Molly works along with a group of other dedicated Web developers and designers to promote W3C recommendations. She also teaches Webmaster courses for the University of Arizona, University of Phoenix, and Pima Community College. She wrote the very popular column, Integrated Design, for Web Techniques Magazine for the last three years of its life, and spent a year as Executive Editor of WebReview.com.

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